Whether you prefer new books or classics, fiction or non-fiction, light reading or the esoteric, and more, let the Lindenhurst Memorial Library adult reference librarians share their favorites with you.

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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Join us for our afternoon book discussions; they take
place on the third Wednesday of each month from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. We just have
released our schedule for the second half of 2016. It is as follows:

Wednesday, July
20th; registration begins June 15th.The Last Runaway. Written by
Tracy Chevalier. Forced to leave England and struggling with
illness in the wake of a family tragedy, Quaker Honor Bright is forced to rely
on strangers in the harsh landscape of 1850 Ohio and is compelled to join the
Underground Railroad network to help runaway slaves escape to freedom.

Wednesday,
August 17th; registration begins July20th. Dead Wake: the Last Crossing of
the Lusitania. Written by Erik Larson. A chronicle of the sinking of the Lusitania discusses the factors that
led to the tragedy and the contributions of such figures as Woodrow Wilson,
bookseller Charles Lauriat, and architect Theodate Pope Riddle.

Wednesday,
September 21st; registration begins August 17th. The Wright Brothers. Written by David McCullough. Chronicles the story-behind-the-story about the Wright brothers, sharing
insights into the disadvantages that challenged their lives and their
mechanical ingenuity.

Wednesday,
October 19th; registration begins September 21st. The Light between Oceans. Written by
M.L. Stedman. Moving his young bride to an isolated lighthouse on Australia’s Janus
Rock where the couple suffers miscarriages and a stillbirth, Tom allows his
wife to claim an infant who has washed up on the shore only to witness a rift
in their marriage that is further complicated by a search by the baby’s
desperate mother.

Wednesday,
November 16th; registration begins October 19th. The Silent Wife: a Novel. Written by A.S.A. Harrison.Told in alternating voices, this gripping novel follows the events
leading up to the violent dissolution of Jodi and Todd’s marriage – a union
steeped in lies, infidelity, jealousy and denial.

Wednesday,
December 21st; registration begins November 16th. Girls of Atomic City: the Untold
Story of the Women who Helped Win World War II. Written by Denise
Kiernan. Looks
at the valuable contributions made by the thousands of women who worked at a
secret uranium-enriching facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee during World War II.

Friday, May 27, 2016

Learn
how to promote the mental health of all Americans, this month and every month,
by reading some of these current books.

Capture: Unraveling the Mystery of Mental
Suffering, is written by David A. Kessler, MD, a former FDA commissioner
and the author of the bestselling book The
End of Overeating. He identifies what the “capture” phenomenon is – a
“process by which our attention is hijacked and our brains commandeered by
forces outside our control”. Kessler presents
case studies that demonstrate how a neural mechanism can override positive
mental health and deteriorate to such behaviors as overeating, obsessiveness,
fighting, and suicide, leading to mental illness. He then demonstrates how
people can overcome these problems through a range of behaviors.

Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds
of History’s Great Personalities, is written by Claudia Kalb. This book is
a mix of pop psychology and biography, revealing suspected mental illnesses of
the famous. Was Albert Einstein autistic? Frank Lloyd Wright a narcissist? Did
Marilyn Monroe have borderline personality disorder? Historical records and interviews with mental
health experts reveal the answers.

Kokoro Yoga: Maximize Your Human Potential
and Develop the Spirit of a Warrior, written by Mark Divine, a retired U.S.
Navy SEAL, offers the reader an “integrated physical, mental, and spiritual
training” experience. It’s perfect for those people suffering from PTSD and recovering
from injuries, as well as those suffering from anxiety.

Friday, May 6, 2016

Fictional caterers seem to have an ability to solve
murders. They can decipher clues while deciphering recipes and create exquisite
cuisine while creating order out of criminal mayhem.

Isis
Crawford is the author of the Mystery
with Recipes series. In A Catered
Fourth of July, sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons cater their town’s
Revolutionary War re-enactment. When someone is killed, the sisters go into
action to prevent Bernie’s boyfriend Marvin from being charged with murder. In A Catered Mother’s Day, Bernie and Libby
help their friend Ellen who is overworked running her pet treat company and
underappreciated by her family. They set up a practical joke to help Ellen get
the recognition she deserves but instead get her accused of murder.

Camilla
T. Crespi wrote The Breakfast Club Murder,
in which her main character Lori Corvino tries to revive her catering business
after her divorce. With distractions such as her unhappy teenage daughter and
her vegan mother, Lori really has problems when her ex-husband’s new wife is
found murdered. Guess who is the prime suspect?

Joanne
Fluke writes the Hannah Swenson Mystery
with Recipes! Series. In Double Fudge
Brownie Murder, Hannah finds the body of the judge who was to preside over
her trial for vehicular homicide. She’s now the murder suspect. Meanwhile, her
romantic life gets complicated. In Wedding
Cake Murder, Hannah preps for her wedding and for the Food Channel desert chef contest. The celebrity chef judge is found
murdered. Hannah conveniently is available to investigate.

Katherine
Hall Page is the author of the Faith
Fairchild Mystery series. In The Body
in the Birches, caterer Faith and her family become involved when one of
the heirs to the Birches manor is murdered. Was another family member willing
to kill in order to inherit? And in The
Body in the Piazza, Faith and her husband Reverend Tom celebrate their
wedding anniversary in Italy but find time to delve into murder and sabotage.

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Enjoy food and drink without the calories when you
read some of these mysteries featuring characters that combine their culinary careers
with a sideline of amateur sleuthing.

Here
are two Chocoholic Mystery selections
written by JoAnna Carl. In The Chocolate
Clown Corpse, nobody in town was sad when a hated novelty shop owner was
murdered. But when Lee Woodyard, owner of the chocolate shop next door, ponders
a store expansion, she discovers that the killer is still on the loose and
ready to strike again. And, in The
Chocolate Falcon Fraud, Lee Woodyard is catering a chocolate party for the
town’s crime film festival, when a dead body shows up on her doorstep.

These
are two recent Tea Shop Mystery
selections, written by Laura Childs. Ming
Tea Murder has tea shop owner Theo Browning unwillingly attending the gala
opening of an eighteenth century Chinese teahouse exhibit at the local museum.
When a philanthropist is murdered, Theo investigates. In Steeped in Evil, Theo gets an invitation to a wine-tasting party
that turns into disaster after a body in discovered in one of the wine barrels.

In Scorched Eggs, from Laura Childs’ Cackleberry Club Mystery series, cafe
co-owners Suzanne, Petra and Toni go into detective mode when their friend from
the County Services Department is killed in a suspicious fire.

Author
Cleo Coyle writes mysteries featuring coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi. In Billionaire Blend, Clare rescues a
billionaire tech guru from a bomb explosion. To thank her, he hires her to
create an expensive coffee blend. But attempts on his life keep on coming. Who
is doing this and why? In Once Upon a
Grind Clare’s ex-husband (a coffee hunter) gives her magic coffee beans.
She roasts them and sells the coffee during “Fairy Tale Week”. When fairy tale –style
crimes start to occur, Clare gets help solving them with coffee-induced
visions. As an added bonus, all of these books feature recipes and/or food information.